System Atlas

Governance and decision rights → org structure (control flow)

How information is recorded, decided on and fed back. Mostly data and decisions, with information fed back.

Within one industryHolds in Information & media. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
11
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    control
  2. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  4. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    information
  5. Data
    Customer data
    in 91% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Reporting and dashboards
73%
8
Legal and contracts administration
45%
5
Data management
36%
4
Cash and treasury
27%
3
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Licences and registrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Cash and treasury1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product45%
  • marketplace18%
  • subscription18%
  • service9%
Size
  • 1000+ people64%
  • 11-50 people18%
  • 501-1000 people9%
Region
  • United States82%
  • China9%
Instances
The 11 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.